the covert: There are a great number of conjectures concerning this covert; but it is probable that it was either, as Locke supposes, a sort of shelter or canopy erected for the people on the sabbath when the crowd was too great for the porch to contain them; or, as Dr.
Geddes supposes, a seat, covered with a canopy, placed on an elevation, for the king and his court, when they attended public worship.